Microsoft’s Lync instant messaging service, part of the Microsoft Office 365 package, suffered an outage Monday morning and was still inaccessible for some users as of noon Pacific time.

Microsoft Lync is the instant messaging client for Lync Server. It was formerly Microsoft Office Communicator (MOC), which replaced Windows Messenger. See Skype for Business. THIS DEFINITION IS ...

The new competencies are officially called Messaging and Communications, the former focused on Microsoft Exchange and the latter on Lync. As in other Microsoft competencies, each will have ...